Where Have All the Textbooks Gone?

Where Have All the Textbooks Gone?
Author: Tony Read
Publisher: World Bank Publications
Total Pages: 295
Release: 2015-07-22
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1464805733

This World Bank report is a rich compilation of information on teaching learning materials (TLM) in Africa based on the extensive and multi-faceted experience of the author's work in the education sector in Africa. The study examines a wide range of issues around TLM provision including curriculum, literacy and numeracy, language of instruction policy, procurement and distribution challenges, TLM development and production and their availability, management and usage in schools. It also looks at the role of information and communication technology (ICT) based TLMs and their availability. The study recognizes that improved TLM system management is a critical component in achieving affordable and sustainable TLM provision for all students. This study, which draws from more than 40 Anglophone, Francophone, Lusophone, and Arabic-speaking countries will be particularly useful for policymakers, development partners, and other stakeholders attempting to understand the wide range of issues surrounding the complexity of textbook provision in Sub Saharan Africa.

The International status of education about the Holocaust

The International status of education about the Holocaust
Author: Carrier, Peter
Publisher: UNESCO Publishing
Total Pages: 235
Release: 2015-01-14
Genre: Education
ISBN: 9231000330

How do schools worldwide treat the Holocaust as a subject? In which countries does the Holocaust form part of classroom teaching? Are representations of the Holocaust always accurate, balanced and unprejudiced in curricula and textbooks? This study, carried out by UNESCO and the Georg Eckert Institute for International Textbook Research, compares for the first time representations of the Holocaust in school textbooks and national curricula. Drawing on data which includes countries in which there exists no or little information about representations of the Holocaust, the study shows where the Holocaust is established in official guidelines, and contains a close textbook study, focusing on the comprehensiveness and accuracy of representations and historical narratives. The book highlights evolving practices worldwide and thus provides education stakeholders with comprehensive documentation about current trends in curricula directives and textbook representations of the Holocaust. It further formulates recommendations that will help policy-makers provide the educational means by which pupils may develop Holocaust literacy.

Encyclopedia of Language and Education

Encyclopedia of Language and Education
Author: Leo van Lier
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 298
Release: 2013-11-01
Genre: Education
ISBN: 9401145334

This book offers a comprehensive perspective on metalinguistic knowledge and processes, and presents a coherent argument for building an element of language awareness into the language curriculum at all educational levels. It offers a balanced perspective on first and second language acquisition, classroom talk, language use in the multicultural work place, translation, Esperanto, whole language, historical perspectives, critical pedagogy, the education of language teachers, the teaching of grammar, phonology, and writing.

Using Media in Teaching

Using Media in Teaching
Author: Carol Bertram
Publisher:
Total Pages: 258
Release: 2001
Genre: Mass media and education
ISBN: 9780195716887

This module gives teachers the skills they need to use popular media resources such as newspapers, magazines, the Internet, television, and radio in teaching in all learning areas. It focuses on how teachers can use media to integrate the teaching of different subjects, link learning to reallife, and increase the media literacy of learners.

Black Linguistics

Black Linguistics
Author: Arnetha Ball
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 241
Release: 2005-08-19
Genre: Foreign Language Study
ISBN: 1134507267

This groundbreaking collection re-orders the elitist and colonial elements of language studies by drawing together the multiple perspectives of Black language researchers.

Social Media and Elections in Africa, Volume 1

Social Media and Elections in Africa, Volume 1
Author: Martin N. Ndlela
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 246
Release: 2020-01-02
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 3030305538

This book brings together fresh evidence and new theoretical frameworks in a unique analysis of the increasing role of social media in political campaigns and electoral processes across Africa. Supported by contemporary and historical cases studies, it engages with the main drives behind the various appropriations of social media for election campaigns, organization, and voter mobilization. Contributors in this volume delve into changing and complex aspects of social media, offering an appraisal of theoretical perspectives and examining fascinating case studies which social media use is redefining elections across Africa. Contributions show that new media ecologies are resulting in new policy regimes, user behaviors, and communication models that have implications for electoral processes. The book also provides preliminary analysis of emerging forms of algorithm-driven campaigns, fake news, information distortions and other methods that undermine electoral democracy in Africa.